AP Week 10 poll reaction: What’s next for each Top 25 team
It was a wild week in the ACC with the two highest-ranked teams in the conference losing to unranked opponents. No. 10 Miami fell to SMU in overtime to put its playoff hopes in jeopardy, and Georgia Tech lost its first game of the season in a high-scoring game against NC State. Meanwhile, Texas notched its first big win of the season against No. 9 Vanderbilt, and Oklahoma beat No. 14 Tennessee. Utah blew out No. 17 Cincinnati, handing the Bearcats their first conference loss of the season. There wasn’t much drama in the top 5, with Alabama and Texas A&M idle, but Georgia did manage to squeak out a win over rudderless Florida.
What does it all mean for the AP Top 25? Let’s break down the rankings.
Stats courtesy of ESPN Research.
All times Eastern.
Previous ranking: 1
2025 record: 8-0
Week 10 result: Defeated Penn State 38-14
Stat to know: Ohio State has won nine straight games against Penn State. That’s the longest streak in series history.
What’s next: Saturday at Purdue, 1 p.m., Big Ten Network
Previous ranking: 2
2025 record: 9-0
Week 10 result: Defeated Maryland 55-10
Stat to know: Indiana has posted 9-0 starts in consecutive seasons after failing to start 9-0 in its first 136 seasons.
What’s next: Saturday at Penn State, noon
Previous ranking: 3
2025 record: 8-0
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday at Missouri, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Previous ranking: 4
2025 record: 7-1
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday vs. LSU, 7:30 p.m., ABC
Previous ranking: 5
2025 record: 7-1
Week 10 result: Defeated Florida 24-20
Stat to know: Georgia has won five straight games against Florida.
What’s next: Saturday at Mississippi State, noon, ESPN
Previous ranking: 6
2025 record: 7-1
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday at Iowa, 3:30 p.m.
Previous ranking: 7
2025 record: 8-1
Week 10 result: Defeated South Carolina 30-14
Stat to know: Ole Miss is 6-0 at home this season.
What’s next: Saturday vs. The Citadel, 1 p.m., SEC Network+
Previous ranking: 10
2025 record: 8-0
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday at Texas Tech, noon, ABC
Previous ranking: 13
2025 record: 8-1
Week 10 result: Defeated Kansas State 43-20
Stat to know: Texas Tech has won eight games by 20 or more points this season, its most since 1953.
What’s next: Saturday vs. BYU, noon, ABC
Previous ranking: 12
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Boston College 25-10
Stat to know: Notre Dame is the first FBS team to win six straight games following an 0-2 start since Iowa in 2020.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Navy, 7:30 p.m., NBC
Previous ranking: 18
2025 record: 7-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Tennessee 33-27
Stat to know: The win over Tennessee was Oklahoma’s first against an opponent ranked in the AP poll since 2019.
What’s next: Nov. 15 at Alabama
Previous ranking: 15
2025 record: 8-1
Week 10 result: Defeated Cal 31-21
Stat to know: The win over Cal was Virginia’s fifth game this season with three rushing touchdowns.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 20
2025 record: 7-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Vanderbilt 34-31
Stat to know: Texas is 17-1 at home over the past three seasons.
What’s next: Nov. 15 at Georgia
Previous ranking: 16
2025 record: 7-1
Week 10 result: Defeated Virginia Tech 28-16
Stat to know: The win over Virginia Tech was Louisville’s 22nd straight game with 24 or more points. That’s the longest active streak in FBS.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Cal, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Previous ranking: 9
2025 record: 7-2
Week 10 result: Lost to Texas 34-31
Stat to know: Vanderbilt had 58 rushing yards against Texas, its lowest total in the past two seasons.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Auburn, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Previous ranking: 8
2025 record: 8-1
Week 10 result: Lost to NC State 48-36
Stat to know: Against NC State, Haynes King became the fourth player in ACC history with 400 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in a game.
What’s next: Nov. 15 at Boston College
Previous ranking: 24
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Cincinnati 45-14
Stat to know: Utah has six wins by 30 or more points this season. The last time the program accomplished that feat was in 1931.
What’s next: Nov. 15 at Baylor
Previous ranking: 10
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Lost to SMU 26-20 (OT)
Stat to know: This was Miami’s sixth loss as a double-digit favorite under Mario Cristobal.
What’s next: Saturday vs. Syracuse, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 19
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday vs. Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Previous ranking: 23
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Nebraska 21-17
Stat to know: The win against Nebraska was USC’s fifth with 200 rushing yards this season, its most in a season since 2016.
What’s next: Friday vs. Northwestern, 9 p.m., Fox
Previous ranking: 21
2025 record: 7-2
Week 10 result: Defeated Purdue 21-16
Stat to know: Michigan has won its last seven meetings against Purdue.
What’s next: Nov. 15 at Northwestern
Previous ranking: 25
2025 record: 8-1
Week 10 result: Defeated Rice 38-14
Stat to know: Memphis has 30 rushing touchdowns this season, the most in FBS.
What’s next: Friday vs. Tulane, 9 p.m., ESPN
Previous ranking: 14
2025 record: 6-3
Week 10 result: Lost to Oklahoma 33-27
Stat to know: Tennessee has lost five straight games against ranked teams.
What’s next: Nov. 15 vs. New Mexico State, 4:15 p.m., SEC Network
Previous ranking: NR
2025 record: 6-2
Week 10 result: Idle
What’s next: Saturday at Wisconsin, 4:30 p.m.
Previous ranking: 17
2025 record: 7-1
Week 10 result: Lost to Utah 45-14
Stat to know: Cincinnati had three turnovers against Utah after having four total turnovers in its first eight games of the season.
What’s next: Nov. 15 vs. Arizona
Left-hander Anthony Kay and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $12 million contract with a club option for a third season, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, bringing the veteran back to Major League Baseball after a successful two-year run in Japan.
Kay, 30, posted a 1.74 ERA over 155 innings for the Yokohama BayStars this year, featuring a new cutter, an improved changeup and a fastball that still sits at 95 mph years after he was one of the game’s best pitching prospects.
The White Sox are aiming to replicate their success with domestic pitchers returning from Asia two years after signing Erick Fedde to a two-year, $15 million deal.
Kay’s deal will pay him $5 million each of the next two seasons and will include a $10 million club option for 2028 with a $2 million buyout, sources said. He can earn another $1.5 million in incentives.
He will slot into a White Sox rotation that includes young right-handers Shane Smith, Davis Martin and Sean Burke. Chicago used 18 starters this year, when it went 60-102 — a 19-game improvement over 2024, when the White Sox set a major league record with 121 losses.
Kay’s return comes after a five-year major league career in which he posted a 5.67 ERA in 85⅔ innings with the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets, who took him in the first round of the 2016 draft out of UConn. Kay cruised through the minor leagues and was dealt to the Blue Jays along with Simeon Woods Richardson for Marcus Stroman at the 2019 trade deadline.
Following a return to the Mets in 2023, Kay departed for Yokohama, where he threw 136⅔ innings of 3.42 ERA ball in his first season.
While Nippon Professional Baseball features a depressed offensive environment, Kay still ranked fifth in the league this year in ERA and allowed only eight home runs in 155 innings while striking out 130 and walking 41.
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